Rhynchotrochus rollsianus

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Rhynchotrochus rollsianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Rhynchotrochus
Species:
R. rollsianus
Binomial name
Rhynchotrochus rollsianus
(E.A.Smith, 1887))
Synonyms
  • Helix (Papuina) rollsiana E.A.Smith, 1887
  • Papuina rollsiana E.A.Smith, 1887
  • Rhynchotrochus (Rhynchotrochus) rollsianus (E. A. Smith, 1887)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Volenga rollsiana (E.A.Smith, 1887)

Rhynchotrochus rollsianus is a species of land[1] snail in the family Camaenidae.[2][1][3]

It was first described by Edgar Albert Smith in 1887 as Helix (Papuina) rollsiana.[2] [4]

A later (detailed) redescription (in Latin, in 1897) of a specimen from Ferguson Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, is given by Wilhelm Kobelt and others.[5] In 1941 Tom Iredale ascribed it to the new genus, Volenga, to give the new name Volenga rollsiana.[6]

The shell is depressed, with a rounded periphery. It is broader than tall and the shell has a violet mottling.[6]

Distribution

This species has been found in Papua New Guinea.[7][2]

References

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